sargazo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese sargaço from Latin salicastrum. Doublet of arcazón (“osier-twig”) which is the inherited form, and of jaguarzo.

Noun

sargazo m (plural sargazos)

  1. sargasso, gulfweed (brown algae)

References
  • Corriente, Federico (2008), “arcazón”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
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